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36 * Volcanic Character of the Island of Hawaii. 
history and of physical science. Itis no offence to the higher and 
more appropriate objects, to add, that dignity is thus shed on 
the mission, both in the view of the natives and in that of the 
civilized communities of christian countries. We are confi- 
dent that many persons will peruse the late Journal of the Mis- 
sionaries, in Hawaii, because it imparts so much incidental in- 
formation, while no intelligent person, of whatever feelings or 
sentiments, will wish the amount of that information dimin- 
ished. 
Mineralogy and geology, botany and zoology, astronomy 
and geography, philology, antiquities and history, may de- 
rive very important aid from the missionaries, as indeed valu- 
able information has often been obtained from them in years 
thatare past. : ; 
We are gratified also with the Journal of the tour around 
Hawaii, on acccount of the manner in which it is written. 
It is amanly, perspicuous, common-sense book, and (very judi- 
ciously in our view) omits the colloquial epithets of personal 
afiection, with which missionaries are wont to clothe their nar- 
ratives, and which, although perfectly proper in private com- 
, by I tor, and 
strove by every means in their power, to subvert their super 
stitious belief i in the agency “3 demons of fire and ae 
quakes, whom it was necessary to propitiate by penances, sa- 
crifices and privations, mingled with habitual slavish fear. 
We conclude by expressing the hope that we may soon be 
avoured with other productions, similar to that from which 
we have now made such copious extracts. We trust that all 
who may peruse these remarks, will be inclined to read the 
volume of the missionaries. Besides what relates to the mis- 
sion, they will find very interesting notices of the scenery of 
the country—of its vegetable productions, and of the manners 
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